Brilliant One Hit Wonders?

[Scarlett]

I'm trying to think of really great songs that were one hit wonders. Things like Video Killed the Radio Star. Real classics that everyone loves. Any ideas?!

[Mozz71]

This is a corker, and a proper one hit wonder from 1983 (ish)

[JimF]

Lol Mason of the Maisonettes was previously in the band City Boy who also had a one-hit wonder with "5-7-0-5". Wonder if he's the only person who's had more than one one-hit wonder? :-)

[Mozz71]

And this is as corny as hell, Ridgeway did some much better songs, both solo and with Wall of Voodoo, but this was his only bust up with the charts.

[Mozz71]

//Wonder if he's the only person who's had more than one one-hit wonder?//

How about Pete Wylie? As Wah with Story of the Blues, The Mighty Wah with Come Back and solo with Sinful.

[mushroom25]

[JimF]

Possibly, though Wah!, Wah! Heat, Shambeko! Say Wah!, JF Wah!, The Mighty Wah! and Wah! The Mongrel were all essentially the same band with different names.

[mushroom25]

[Patsy33]

Thank you Mushroom.
Some great gems on here...

[tiggerblue10]

A-ha had more than one hit. 'The Sun Always Shines on TV', 'Hunting High and Low' and 'The Living Daylights', were some of their other songs.

[Theland]

The Applejacks - "Come Right Back."

(This one should have made it, "Where's My Other Sock? - Theland and the Crusaders.)

[Mamyalynne]

[Theland]

Thefts the one !

[Mamyalynne]

Wrong band wrong title but I knew who you meant.

[Theland]

Jiminy

[piggynose]

O Superman laurie anderson 1982. Quite irritating i thought. Was it a hit?

[tonyav]

This ( although the lead singer Tony Burrows has been in the charts many times ).

[New Judge]

The Honeycombs (with their female drummer Honey Lantree) had a number twelve disc and two more in the top 50 after "Have I the Right".

[jakep]

Not actually brilliant, but I liked The Archies, Sugar Sugar

[Mamyalynne]

It was brilliant Jakep - a perfect example of a pop song.

[Captain2]

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